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Anne Zaki

Dr. Anne E. Zaki is an Egyptian professor of preaching and practical theology at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo. She's also been working as a psychologist and counselor since 2000. She studied Psychology and Sociology at Calvin University in the United States of America. Then, she earned a Master’s in Social Psychology from the American University in Cairo. During that time, she married Rev. Naji Umran, and together, they served churches in Cairo, Michigan (USA), and British Columbia, Canada. She returned to the United States, where she earned a Master of Divinity from Calvin Theological Seminary and a PhD in Preaching from Fuller Theological Seminary. Since 2013, she has been teaching courses on Preaching, Communication, Psychology, Spiritual Formation, and Theology and Practices of Worship at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo. Her areas of interest include travel, learning about the different cultural influences on the church worldwide, preaching renewal, creating new ministries, mentoring youth, administration, poetry and music. She is a mother of four sons: Jonathan, Sebastian, Emmanuel and Alexande.